Heidrick & Struggles Appoints Regional Leaders for Its Leadership Consulting Business in Asia Pacific and the Americas

Heidrick & Struggles Appoints Regional Leaders for Its Leadership Consulting Business in Asia Pacific and the Americas

April 04, 2007

    CHICAGO, April 4 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Heidrick &
Struggles International, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSII), the world's
premier executive search and leadership consulting firm,
today announced new Regional Managing Partners to run its
Leadership Consulting business in the firm's Asia Pacific
and Americas geographic regions. They are:

    -- Stephen Langton, Regional Managing Partner - Asia
Pacific, Leadership
       Consulting
    -- Stephen Miles, Regional Managing Partner - Americas,
Leadership
       Consulting

    "Leadership Consulting is a critical element of
our go-to-market strategy," said Heidrick &
Struggles Chief Executive Officer Kevin Kelly. "In
recent years we have worked to build out and globalize this
business. Placing these talented leaders to run Leadership
Consulting in Asia Pacific and the Americas further
enhances our ability to present a stronger offering to our
clients around the world."

    Langton joined Heidrick & Struggles in 2007 from an
international leadership consultancy where he was Director,
Leading Initiatives Worldwide. Prior to that, with a
foundation as an executive search professional, he
established regional practices in Leadership Consulting at
A.T. Kearney and TMP. His experience includes the global
evaluation and development of senior executives and
structuring of top management teams for investment and
retail banks, consumer goods, telecommunications, insurance
and major retail businesses. He has consulted across a broad
range of disciplines including leadership, succession
planning, organizational design and talent management. He
is based in Sydney.

    Since joining Heidrick & Struggles in 2000, Miles
has specialized in succession planning and executive
assessment projects. He focuses on CEO succession and has
partnered with boards of directors of Fortune 500 companies
and organizations around the world -- across all industry
sectors -- to help ensure smooth leadership transitions. He
also conducts M&A talent assessment and integration
projects and senior-level executive coaching assignments.
Prior to joining Heidrick & Struggles Miles held
various positions with Andersen Consulting.

    Miles is co-author of "Riding Shotgun: The Role of
the COO" (Stanford University Press, 2006) and
co-editor of "Leaders Talk Leadership" (Oxford
University Press, 2002). His articles have appeared in
Harvard Business Review and other publications. He is based
in Atlanta.

    About Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

    Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. is the
world's premier provider of senior-level executive search
and leadership consulting services, including talent
management, board building, executive on-boarding and
M&A effectiveness.  For more than 50 years, we have
focused on quality service and built strong leadership
teams through our relationships with clients and
individuals worldwide.  Today, Heidrick & Struggles
leadership experts operate from principal business centers
in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific. 
For more information about Heidrick & Struggles, please
visit http://www.heidrick.com .



    For more information, please contact:

    In the U.S.

     Eric Sodorff
     Heidrick & Struggles, 
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail] 

    In Asia Pacific

     Thomas Liddle, 
     Heidrick & Struggles
     Tel:   [phone] 
     Email: [e-mail] 

     Jennifer Tow, 
     Manifesto Ltd, 
     Tel:   [phone] 
     Email: [e-mail]